The ASC’s Gender/Sexuality Research Group is proud to share the second season of their very own podcast! “Oswoić gender,” hosted by Dr. Anna Kurowicka and Dr. Marta Usiekniewicz, aims to present research in gender and sexuality studies done at the University of Warsaw.

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The first season of this Polish-language podcast features conversations with ASC facult and is available at the Gender/Sexuality Research Group’s website.

In the second season the authors talked to researchers working at various UW faculties: Agnieszka Kościańska, Rafał Majka, Iwona Kurz, Zu Jusińska, Marta Rawłuszko, Paweł Frelik, Jay Szpilka, as well as Michał Sobczak and Łukasz Mikołajewski.

Each new episode will be released on Wednesday (starting February 22) and available on platforms including Spotify, Anchor fm, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Google Podcasts, and YouTube.

Subscribe to the podcast in your favourite podcast app not to miss any of the episodes.

Year 2024/2025

April 29: Feminism and Gender Representations in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

April 23, 2025

Join us for a lecture by Agata Zygardowicz on Buffy and her iconic impact on American television: “Feminism and Gender Representations in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Buffy the Vampire Slayer occupies a significant space in the history of feminist media, portraying themes of 1990s third-wave feminism, postfeminist aesthetics, and television genre for teens. This lecture examines how the series both reflects and critiques feminist ideals, offering a protagonist who is emotionally vulnerable, fashion-conscious, and physically powerful at the same time.

News

Recruitment for the MOST program for the Fall Semester 2025/2026

April 19, 2025

Applications for the MOST Student Exchange Program are now open! Apply until May 15.

American Studies Colloquium Series

April 24: The Minima Moralia of Autotheory: New Reflections on Damaged Life

April 16, 2025

We are pleased to invite you to the fourth lecture of the American Studies Colloquium Series in the 2025 Spring semester! This time we welcome Jonathan Alexander with a lecture titled “The Minima Moralia of Autotheory: New Reflections on Damaged Life”.

Year 2024/2025

April 15: “Becoming the Horror” – Interactive Movies as the Perfect Horror Medium

April 10, 2025

Weird Fiction Research Group kindly invites you to the fourth Weird TV meeting in spring semester. We’re continuing the subject of the game/TV relationship with Dominik Kędzierawski’s lecture about (among others) Until Dawn and Bandersnatch – “Becoming the Horror – Interactive Movies as the Perfect Horror Medium”!

News

New MA program program Gender and Sexuality (in Polish), in cooperation with the Faculty of Polish Studies and the Institute of Polish Culture!

April 8, 2025

In cooperation with the Faculty of Polish Studies and the Institute of Polish Culture, American Studies Center is launching a new MA program in Polish in Gender and Sexuality!